A home isn’t just bricks and mortar—it’s a place where relationships are built and broken, where life enters and where it leaves, and where love is fostered, whatever that might look like. Leading designer Kelly Wearstler makes it her business to know this, creating spaces that absorb, reflect and celebrate the lives of their inhabitants. No two Wearstler projects read the same. “I don’t really like doing something twice,” she states. Channelling clients’ desires through her sophisticated lens, Wearstler is committed to the art of listening. Take her redesign of a classic 1960s California bungalow in Brentwood—the owners were expecting a baby during the renovation, so moving in meant starting their new life as a family. In Wearstler’s sympathetic style, the four-bed, six-bath house seems to breathe this feeling of new life throughout its 929 square metres‑everything from the earthy colour scheme to the use of soft, textured fabric feels like an expression of hope and of the freshest, most cushy kind of love. The more formal living room is decorated with bespoke furnishings and highlights from the couple’s expansive art collection. Many objects, like a sculptural saffron-toned console by Ross Hansen—noted by Wearstler as one of her favourite pieces in the home—straddle art and design. Read the full article here.